We must be getting stronger.

When we lived near the sea-side, we had a lot of problems with our legs. Sometimes it was really painful and we had to go to the vets for tablets. Mum said it was because we pulled too hard on our leads when we were out and this caused strain on our ligaments. Ok Mum, whatever!

Since we moved here, both me & our Brandy have been a lot better. If we go on really long walks, like at the weekend when we went all the way to the ruin on the hill, we find our legs get a bit stiff once we've slept for a while, and believe me, we slept for a long while on Sunday, we were shattered!

When I asked Mum why our legs don't hurt like they did before she said it's because we are outside, playing all the time, running up and down the hills and that we are getting a lot stronger then we were but also, we don't need our leads on here, so we aren't pulling, so we don't strain our ligaments..........

OK, so Mum's right again. Mum's ALWAYS right!

Oh, the Shame!

Yesterday, some of Mum & Dad's friends came for dinner and they are really nice. They have dogs of their own so they are dog people and they know how to talk to us and make us feel important. While they were having dinner, me and our Brandy were chilling out on the settee and after they had finished Sandra, Mum's friend, went over to stroke our Brandy. He was so chilled he rolled onto his back so she could tickle his tummy...........

....and then it happened..............

.............oh, the shame...............

No, he didn't pee on her, don't be daft!

She saw something move!

He'd only gone and got himself some fleas for company, hadn't he?

Well, that was it. We were turned upside down, more flea spot on us necks, even though it's not that long since we were done, we had all our bits powdered with this awful smelling powder and then.....

......when Jim and Sandra had gone, Mum really got to work ....

..... with that really fine, sharp, scratchy comb thing.

Everywhere!

And, to add insult to injury......

............she's only gone and done us again today!

The shame of it - I bet you any money, we get done again tomorrow, again!

Brandy - how could you!

Who says we're spoilt!

Every now and again Mum & Dad get us a little treat. We love the biscuits from Mercadona which we usually have but it's nice to have something different.

We always have a big bag of (doggy) chocolate buttons in the fridge and now, we have white buttons as well as brown ones - the white ones are yummy!

Well, this week Mum & Dad have found something we really, really, REALLY like!

SAUSAGES!

They come in a little tin specially for little dogs like us. They're super-scrummy.

We just haven't worked out what we have to do to get one.

If we come in when we are called, we get a cuddle.

If we are being left at home for a while we get a treat.

If we go to bed when we should we get a biscuit.

If we come in for our breakfast we get bacon bits.

But we can't work out what we have to do for a sausage. We know they are in the fridge so I have tried sitting down next to the fridge - but that didn't work.

I've tried coming in before I'm called - but that didn't work.

I've tried fetching a toy - but that didn't work.

Just don't know what I have to do to get a saus......

Gotta go, don't know why - BUT THE SAUSAGES ARE OUT OF THE FRIDGE!!!!!!!

I'm on my way Mum!!

The handbag's going nowhere.

I've been watching Mum and I've noticed that when she goes out and leaves us she always takes this bag with her SO....

I've started lying on it. That way, if she can't get her bag she can't go out and leave us.

I've also got Freddy, my new toy - I call him Freddy because he's a Frog (Fr) but he's like a Teddy (eddy).

I'm trying to keep him away from our Brandy 'cos he's chewing all the toys and I don't want him to chew Freddy......

That's my job!

Christmas has been and gone!

Mum had promised us that when we woke up on Christmas morning, she would take us for a long walk and then we could open our presents. She has told us the story of Christmas and why we get presents, but we don't really understand how the story relates to us, but we do understand about presents!

All the snow from last week had gone and we had a lovely, long walk in the warm sunshine. This is us on our way back home, hoping Dad had some bacon ready for our breakfast, as he sometimes does.



And he did, a special treat for Christmas, real bacon for breakfast - thanks Dad! The we opened our presents. New toys - we had a Goofy and a Donald Duck. We also had some frogs from Aunty Lucy and some treats but we started on Goofy and Donald first. Our main job is to chew off anything that sticks out, the label, Goofy's teeth and Donald's hair were all gone in the frst 10 minutes.

Later, the frogs'll get it!

Later on we helped Dad carve the turkey, knowing that if we were really good and helped, we would get a little bit for our dinner. Yummee!

Christmas was good this week, I wonder if we have long to wait for the next one?

Winter arrived overnight.

The last time I saw snow was April 2008, when I was just 5 months old. Mum says it was when we used to live in Sheffield. She's shown me photos of me and our Brandy playing in it,

but I don't remember.

Now we get snow here, this was last weekend when we got our second lot of snow. It only lasted for a day so we had to get out there and play in it really quickly before it all melted. Mum says we'll get lots more soon.

Mum says it's nearly Christmas, so we helped her to decorate the tree. It looks like a tree but it doesn't smell like a tree, we prefer the trees outside, they have lots of smells and are much more interesting, but Mum likes this one, so we were happy to help.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Where does the time go?

A week after we moved to our new house, we had our 2nd birthday - can you believe we are 2 years old already? Aunty Lucy and Sophie came over and we had Chicken McNuggets for tea, had a lovely walk and we got some new presents. This is us with our presents from Aunty Lucy, she always gets us good toys.




Our Brandy was a bit sensible and sat at the back of the settee with his, me? I like to live dangerously!




But there are times when it pays to be more attentive.....



Ooops!

I'm probably better off on the floor!

Hey up Bruv, this is mine - stick to your own!